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-- in urban areas, an estimated 225,000 children are Restaveks, two-thirds of them girls;
-- the impoverished Cite Soleil Port-au-Prince neighborhood had the highest percentage of Restavek children - 44%;
-- families in the southern peninsula communities of Les Cayes, Jacmel, Jeremie and Leogane supply the most Restaveks to Port-au-Prince;
-- some children sent to host families for education aren't classified as Restaveks, but perform similar duties;
-- more than 7% of urban households report incidents of rape, murder, kidnapping, or gang involvement, but the true number is likely higher as many incidents go unreported; and
--Port-au-Prince households had over double the amount in other cities (16%).
Over 30% of surveyed households have Restavek children, affecting 16% of all children and 22% of them treated that way. Overall, study findings show Restaveks aren't solely a rural phenomenon given the high proportion of urban households with them.
The majority of urban ones were born in rural Haiti, but urban households comprise the largest recruitment destination. All regions supply them, the most important being southern peninsula rural areas. In addition, many households take in children as school borders, the vast majority treated like Restaveks without the label, and some families with them also send their own children to live with host families in return for services performed.
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